US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor (L) shakes hands with Saida Mirziyoyeva, daughter of Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and head of the Presidential Administration during a dinner with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)